Wendell Berry Quotes


There's a world of difference . . . between that information to which we now presumably have access by way of computers, libraries, and the rest of it, great stockpiles of data, and the knowledge that people have in their bones by which they do good work and live good lives.


Citations

Berry, Wendell. Home Economics: Fourteen Essays. North Point Press, 1987, p. 76.

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Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
  • Born: August 5, 1934
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet, Farmer, Writer, Activist, Academic

Wendell Erdman Berry is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berry was named the recipient of the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. On January 28, 2015, he became the first living writer to be inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.